Enabling Business Model Change: Evidence from High-Technology Firms

Müller, Christiana; Vorbach, Stefan

Enabling Business Model Change: Evidence from High-Technology Firms

Abstract

Companies today face volatile environments, short product life cycles, and changing customer requirements, which is especially the case in high-technology fields. In such environments, concentrating only on technological and product innovations is not sufficient to gain competitive advantages. Instead, companies need innovative business models in order to stand out from their competitors. To successfully change business models, companies require appropriate competencies. Thus, the objective of this research is to identify how companies can prepare their business model(s) to counteract environmental changes flexibly. With the aid of the chosen exploratory, qualitative research design, we investigate companies operating in hightechnology branches. In total, 20 companies participated in our study. The interviews were conducted with CEOs, vice-presidents, product managers or other managers responsible for business model developments. The research revealed that companies can prepare the business model and its elements ex ante through developing capabilities in order to raise the flexibility of the business model. These capabilities have to be developed with regard to several internal and external issues driving these changes.

Keywords

business model business model innovation capabilities for change flexibility high-technology

Citation

Müller, Ch., Vorbach, S., Enabling Business Model Change: Evidence from High-Technology Firms. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (JEMI), 2015, vol. 11, nr 1 : Business Model Innovation – A Concept Between Organizational Renewal and Industry Transformation. Ed. by J. Freiling, s. 53-75

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https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/14149

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